Since we arrived in Lapland, it's been, not surprisingly for winter, a bit chilly.
Of course, it's all relative, and having the temperature moving between about -5 and -15C is great for cross-country skiing, and isn't at all like the bone-chillingly damp cold that we were used to in UK winters.
Yesterday, all that changed. The temperature dipped below -20C and then started plummeting!
This is how it looked last night... By then, all was calm.
Earlier, in the afternoon, just as the numbers hit the -30s, we had a power cut, leaving us scrabbling for candles and head-torches by the flickering light of the log fire.
Sitting around the roaring fire in candlelight, is a lovely winter setting, only, in our case, slightly tinged with worry as to how long the remaining logs (and furniture if necessary) will burn for, and how long that will keep the winter chill outside.
Using the video camera to record the dark stillness outside, my wife wondered out loud if we should keep the remaining four minutes of battery life to record any "last messages"!
Fortunately, the power cut lasted only ten minutes or so, but it was a timely reminder of just how vulnerable we are at the mercy of potentially severe Arctic weather.
Of course, it's all relative, and having the temperature moving between about -5 and -15C is great for cross-country skiing, and isn't at all like the bone-chillingly damp cold that we were used to in UK winters.
Yesterday, all that changed. The temperature dipped below -20C and then started plummeting!
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| Getting a little chilly! |
Earlier, in the afternoon, just as the numbers hit the -30s, we had a power cut, leaving us scrabbling for candles and head-torches by the flickering light of the log fire.
Sitting around the roaring fire in candlelight, is a lovely winter setting, only, in our case, slightly tinged with worry as to how long the remaining logs (and furniture if necessary) will burn for, and how long that will keep the winter chill outside.
Using the video camera to record the dark stillness outside, my wife wondered out loud if we should keep the remaining four minutes of battery life to record any "last messages"!
Fortunately, the power cut lasted only ten minutes or so, but it was a timely reminder of just how vulnerable we are at the mercy of potentially severe Arctic weather.
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